Collar or cuff



UNITED STATES PATENT Grricn.

EMIL KIPPER, OF ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS.

COLLAR 0R CUFF.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,590, dated January 19, 1886.

Application filed April`6, 1885. Serial No. 161,335. (Model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, EMIL KIPPER, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Adams, in the county of Berkshire and State oi Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Collars, of which the following is a specification.

lVIy invention relates to collars having attached thereto a cape or skirt for use in pinning or .otherwise securing the collar to some article of wearing apparel'. so as to keep the collar in position; and it vhas for its object to form a collar of zylonite or any suitable pyroxyline base with a cape 'or skirt secured thereto by a binding-strip without the aid of stitches or threads. It is difiicult,if not wholly impracticable, to secure a skirt or cape to a zylonite collar by threads or stitches, for reasons apparent to persons familiar with zylonite or pyroxyline compounds, and hence the necessity and desirability of securing the skirt by other means than threads. The edge of the skirt where it joins tothe collar proper is covered by a strip of zylonite, so as to guard against the edge of the fabric composing the skirt fraying or raveling, and also to form a smooth edge that will not irritate the flesh, and a surface that will not so quickly soil and that can be readily cleaned.

In the drawings accompanying this description and forming a part thereof, Figure 1 is a plan view of a collar with the skirt or cape attached thereto; Fig. 2, a section through the same, showing at one point the collar, skirt, and strip separated from each other; and Fig.

3 is a plan view on a reduced scale of a ladys.

cuff provided with my invention.

In carrying out my invention, the piece to form the collar A is cut from the block of zylonite or pyroxyline base in any of the wellknown ways and of the desired shape and size to be formed as already practiced into an imitation of the sewed or stitched or otherwise formed linen collar. The cape or skirt B of the required size and desired shape, and composed of cotton or any suitabletextile or afabric having zylonite, collodion, or any Waterproof substance applied thereto, or other substance, is then brought into contact with the collar portion with one edge along the lower edge of the collar, and a strip, C, of' zylonite or any suitable pyroxyline compound, is placed over the edge ot' the skirt lying upon the collar, and the three parts, with the compound in a warm or plastic state, united by pressure applied in any of the well-known suitable ways practiced in joining pieces of zylonite together. between the skirt or cape and collar and strip with a smoothjoint and surface along the line of junction of the several parts, and there is produced a collar of the kind indicated, having the skirt or cape secured thereto without threads or stitches, so that there is less liability of the parts becoming detached from each other, and there are formed no crevices or interstices such as mark aline of stitching for the retention of dust or dirt.

The collar A may be made wholly of zylonite or a pyroxyline compound, or may be composed of zylonite on both sides with an interlining 0f other material, or zylonite on one side with a lining of other material attached thereto.

The cape or skirt may be made of a textile fabric or any other suitable material, and may be coated with a pyroxyline or other water` .proof compound.

In Fig. 3 is shown a ladys cuff, A', composed wholly or in part of zylonite or other pyroxyline compound, and provided with a cape, B', secured by a strip, G', 'in the same manner as the cape is secured to a collar.

rlhe strip and the cape may be of any desired or suitable dimensions.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A collar or cuii composed of zylonite or other pyroxyline compound provided with a cape of textile material having one edge cemented to the edge of the collar or cuff, substantially as described.

2. A collar or cuff composed of zylonite or other pyroxyline compound provided with a cape of textile material having one edge secured to the edge of the collar or cuff by au exterior strip of a pyroxyline compound cemented to the collar or cuff and the cape, substantially as described.

3. A collar, cuff, or similar article com- The result is a close and iirm union posed of zylonitc or other pyroxyline eoni- In testimony whereof Iafx my slgnaturein pound and provided with a skirt or cape of presence oftwo witnesses. textile fabric attached thereto without stitchv EMIL KIPPER. ing, n srrlp nl zylonlte 0I' slnnlar material he- 5 lng cemented over the point of' connecfion he- VlncSSeS:

tween the article and its skirt or cape, sub- JAMES L. NORRIS,

stantially as described.

J AMES A. RUTLLERFORD. 

